10 Reasons to Love Tonys MVP Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Broadway community's love for has existed for years now, but last night's Tony broadcast gave us even more reasons to adore the Tony-winner. Below we count the reasons that he was our MVP of the night!
1) The Tonys Opening Number (written by Miranda & Tom Kitt)
2) The Tonys Closing Number (written by Miranda throughout the broadcast)
3) Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! joke
You guys, I got up to Mike Tyson without using the cheat code. #nevergotpastSodaPopinski pic.twitter.com/i5kYlLKFyK
4) This AMAZING gif
5) These 3 pre-show tweets:
- As a kid I used to memorize @marcshaiman's routines for Billy Crystal at the Oscars & perform them in school to my bewildered friends.
- "it's a wonderful night for Oscar! Oscar, Oscar, who will win?" - @marcshaiman
- All this to say, dreams come true.
6) This morning-after tweet:
Congrats to all the nominees and amazing performances last night. So honored to be part of this community. Pinch myself every day.
7) This awesome backstage pic:
"@josswhedon: All life should feel like this: "@Lin_Manuel: pic.twitter.com/PJUkTMaDNA"" !!
8) Keeping us in the Tonys rehearsal loop all week long with videos like this one:
9) Sharing his insider info with the masses:
@Lin_Manuel
Remember last week when I told you for the first time an actor told me, "I feel like the rhyme scheme could be more complex?" @ActuallyNPH
10) We're still not over IN THE HEIGHTS -- movie please?!?
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